The first wordprocessor I ever used was #wordstar

#Wordstar

Back in the day.

Some of you really, really wanted me to try #WordStar… so I did. I even set up an emulated IBM PC/AT 5170 in 86Box to make it as period-accurate as possible.

This is my first time using it, so I won’t even try to compare it with #WordPerfect, which is what I grew up with. I’ll see how I feel about it after I’ve had a chance to learn it properly.

#DOS #RetroComputing

WordStar Reborn https://hackaday.com/2023/05/09/wordstar-reborn/ #Retrocomputing #retrocomputing #SoftwareHacks #wordstar

My goodness!

There's an open source (AGPL) #WordStar clone named "WordTsar".

And it replicates the original TUI menus with a GUI.

http://wordtsar.ca

It's not in the #FreeBSD ports tree, or packaged for #Debian, but the AUR has had it since 2021.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/wordtsar

(I remember when people nicknamed Word Perfect after a #HHGTTG character.)

#ArchLinux

@craigmaloney still mourning the loss of #WordStar here...

@Silversnapples , I posted a poll, coincidentally, at https://mastodonapp.uk/@JdeBP/110083455751871082 .

It has several days still to run, and has only reached very few people, but preliminary results indicate that _zero_ people here know #WordStar keystrokes by heart. And only one person even knows #vi.

So you can relax happily in the knowledge that anyone here _claiming_ to be technical isn't _that_ technical really. (-:

#FediVerse

@Swebb63 @philheppenstall

Shibboleth of the day.

[Control]+[L]

#retrocomputing #ECMA48 #BBCMicro #ASCII #WordStar

@Uilebheist never thought of #nano as a tribute to #wordstar. If that was the real intent, which it kind of makes sense now, then you just made me feel less disgusted with nano. I do miss WordStar and its landing page

I've also been a professional soap bubble entertainer, a goat milker and herd caretaker, an #editor and product manager at #Coach.me, a project manager and builder of websites for companies like CrowdVine, #MAKE Magazine, #MakerFaire, and O'Reilly. Not to mention an old life of #bartending and very early tech support (#WordStar, anyone?) I have had some good escapades in a very strange career path.

Before #DOS, there was CP/M, written for the #Z80 processor. After owning a Sharp MZ-80K, I bought a Bondwell 12. A real 'portable' computer, running CP/M. It came with programs like #WordStar and #CalcStar.

I still remember most of the WordStar keystroke combinations as well as many CP/M commands, but it's all slowly fading away. Maybe a good thing, it's now a waste of memory.

pip a:=b:*.* anyone?

Found myself on a website able to tell me about all the #software I used to use in the 80s and 90s.

#WordStar anyone? This splash screen takes me back. How about Framework? Multimate? Word Perfect? I loved #LotusSmartsuite in particular as it was packaged free with new PCs and it become my main home workhorse. I even developed Approach databases.

I see this evidence that we will have to be continuous learners, as software will not stand still despite our lament of “Oh no! They’ve changed the interface again.”

https://winworldpc.com/product/wordstar/20-for-windows

Hello, I'm Sean and I realized I've never posted an #introduction (better late than never). I'm a long time technology lurker but have decided to come out of the woodwork and actually interact with interesting people.

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and work in the network services team at UC Berkeley. I have a background in #systems, #networking, and #security. I also have a long history of choosing operating systems that fade away after I've made them part of my day to day world. #CPM, #OS/2, #FreeBSD, and #NetBSD were my platforms of choice over the years. Granted the BSD's are still alive and strong, but just not as high profile as it was many years ago. BTW, I am team #WordStar :)

My father builds and fixes things. He's kept cars, tools, and electronics working years after others would have tossed them aside. I learned to solder from an early age watching him work and helping out with small things. I learned my love of creating and fixing things from him.

Oh, and if you haven't noticed I'm wordy.

#WordStar running on #MSDOS on a tablet with an external keyboard attached. What's old is new again.

...not really my #introduction but it (currently my profile pic) may give some hints about topics besides #emacs that can make me smile.

#cpm #JustForFun #memories #wordstar

@thomasfuchs #WordStar #VintageComputing #Advertisement

#slashdot #tech "The 'Dune' Screenplay Was Written In MS-DOS (MovieMaster)" #Dune #GameOfThrones #MSDOS #MovieMaster #WordStar ... https://tech.slashdot.org/story/21/10/26/221223/the-dune-screenplay-was-written-in-ms-dos

#slashdot #tech "The 'Dune' Screenplay Was Written In MS-DOS (MovieMaster)" #Dune #GameOfThrones #MSDOS #MovieMaster #WordStar ... https://tech.slashdot.org/story/21/10/26/221223/the-dune-screenplay-was-written-in-ms-dos

One of the things I love about using Linux is how fun and rewarding it is to tinker with.

Just spent a few minutes to set up #WordStar 4 on #DOSBox, so I can write the next Game of Thrones novel. 😆

J'apprends que George Martin a écrit Game of Thrones sur #Wordstar (car il n'aime pas le WYSIWYG) et qu'il a fallu un émulateur pour faire tourner ce vieux truc.

#FOSDEM #RetroComputing